Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Canada large decreases in the number of small business owners, the number of employed, and in hours worked, from February to July 2020. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies mismatch of workers in the Indian labor market: overeducated workers suffer a wage penalty and undereducated workers do not receive a wage reward as compared to their adequately educated counterparts. The Global Labor Organization … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper document stronger shocks for truly innovative companies and effects on long-run growth operating through the disruption of preexisting R&D plans. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that lockdowns improve air quality, but the effects appear to dissipate after ten weeks. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds large negative effects on welfare receipts for an Australian reform that imposed job search requirements as a condition of unemployment benefit receipt with expected large labor supply consequences. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading →

The successful candidate will undertake econometric analysis to explore regional inequalities in health in the UK using detailed biomarker data available in a large national representative social science datasets. Contact: GLO Fellow Apostolos Davillas. MORE INFORMATION Ends;

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Portugal that workers’ earnings and employment are significantly negatively affected by China’s competition, but only through the indirect ’market-stealing’ channel. In contrast to earlier evidence, the direct effects of Chinese imports are mostly … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies both the physical and mental dimensions of health among European-born emigrants over 50, who originate from seven European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading →

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics investigates for the Italian case how to identify the pandemic early in “dirty” data and how to measure the success of lockdowns. Read more in: Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 … Continue reading →

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics shows that social networks help explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about Coronavirus risk and in social distancing behavior. Read more in: … Continue reading →